[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 226 (Wednesday, November 22, 2000)]
[Presidential Documents]
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                Proclamation 7379 of November 16, 2000

                
National Farm-City Week, 2000

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                Since our earliest days as a Nation, farmers have 
                tilled the rich soil of this great land, feeding their 
                families, our country, and people around the world. 
                While America has changed from an agricultural to an 
                industrial society, the American farm has remained a 
                vital thread in the fabric of our national life. 
                Farmers and ranchers exemplify the values on which our 
                country was founded--hard work, faith, family, and 
                devotion to community and to the land--and they have 
                made American agriculture a leading global industry and 
                a source of pride for our Nation.

                By providing their fellow Americans with an abundant 
                supply of safe, high-quality food and fiber, our 
                country's farmers and ranchers help sustain a quality 
                of life that is unmatched around the world. In this new 
                century, their role is becoming even more important as 
                they strive to meet the challenge of feeding the 
                world's people while preserving our fertile land, clean 
                water, and other precious natural resources.

                Farmers and ranchers, however, do not accomplish these 
                crucial tasks alone. Farm workers, shippers, 
                inspectors, processors, agribusiness companies, 
                marketers, grocers, and many others play vital roles in 
                the extraordinary productivity of America's 
                agricultural industry. These farm-city partnerships 
                strengthen our free enterprise system and remind us 
                that the talents, energy, and hard work of millions of 
                Americans have contributed to the unprecedented 
                prosperity we enjoy today.

                This week, as we gather with our families in thanks for 
                the bounty bestowed upon us, let us remember with 
                gratitude the hardworking men and women in rural and 
                urban communities who devote their lives to producing, 
                processing, and delivering the world's safest, most 
                abundant supply of food and fiber.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, President of the 
                United States of America, by virtue of the authority 
                vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United 
                States, do hereby proclaim November 17 through November 
                23, 2000, as National Farm-City Week. I call upon all 
                Americans, in rural and urban communities alike, to 
                join in recognizing the achievements of all those who 
                work together to promote America's agricultural 
                abundance.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                sixteenth day of November, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand, and of the Independence of the United States 
                of America the two hundred and twenty-fifth.

                    (Presidential Sig.)

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